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The holy and right-believing Voievod (which roughly translates into English as Prince) '''Stephen the Great''', or '''''Dreptcredinciosul Voievod Ştefan cel Mare şi Sfânt''''' in Romanian, was ruler of Moldova from 1457 to 1504. He was a great statesman and military tactician as well as being extremely devout and was responsible for defending Moldova against the Ottoman invasion, building a [[church]] or [[monastery]] in thanks to God after each victory. This resulted in his founding almost 50 houses of worship, some of which are now found in the neighbouring states of the Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova.
Stephen the Great was officially glorified, along with his spiritual father St. [[Daniel the Hermit]] of [[Voronet Monastery|Voroneţ]] ('''''Sf. Daniil Sihastru de la Voroneţ''''') and many other Romanian saints by the Synod of the [[Church of Romania]] in 1992. His feast day is [[July 2]].
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'''Saint Stephen the Great''' was a fifteenth century prince of Moldova (modern-day Romania). He fought valiantly against the [[Islam|Muslims]] and built many churches in his land. He is commemorated on [[July 2]].
